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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24
A CASE FOR JUDGE COOK.

Judge Gustsve Cook is noted for the
extent of criminal practice before his
court. 1t is said that he tries more
criminals than any other Judge in the
state of Texas.
When Judge Cook delivered his anti
prohibition speech in Fort Worth, he
enuncisted the doctrine that murder was
not committed when one man was killed
by another who was "crazed by liquor"
Judge Cook was replying to the asser-
tons OF Prchibitionists, that the liquor
traffic was promotive Of crime, and the
distinguished i1rist quoted from Black
stone ana Roberts to prove that m'TdeF
could not be committed by drunken
msu.
Yesterday FoyS Worth saloon keeper,
''crsZed by LIQUOR shot man % death
without proTocation, or sught Of cause
that could be tortured into provocGtion.
Now, If Judge Gustsye Cook were On
the bench when this mau was brought to
trisI how would Judge Cook charge the
Jury?
THE GAZETTE ie net mSking prohibi-
tioG argument, but is addressing CUES
ton 20 Judge of lev and fact.
And if Grigsby is not murderer, who
or what is the murderer OF Hsggerty?
If Grigsby is not guilty, who OF what is
guilty? Il Grlgsby should lot be pun
ished, who or what should be punished |
for denying to poor Haggerty his consti-
tutionGl right TO life?
If Grigsby is not responsible. he is not
guilty. But if Grigsby is not responsible,
who or what is responsible2 for in the
lies the guilt of Heggerty's
Killing.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24

IT IS with considerable reluctance that
THE GAZKTTK speaks of the last alleged
effort Of Dai:as TO build railroad to tie
Northwest, and this paper would not do
SO but for the extraordinary
evidence offered by the builders,
so-called, themselves that "the
Dallas, Archer and Pacific" is simply a
scheme, -ezd very thin scheme at that.
The subsidy asked of Grapevine is S50,-
600; such bonus from Grapevine indi-
Gates that there is absolutely nothing
behind this scheme but an audacious
attempt to secure such donations as may
tempt some man to build the road for the
sake of the donations. AS such donations
can not be raised the opinion is jUstifiaole
that the road will never get off the
paper route along which it is now being
built With the extension of the Mis-
souri, Pacific westward from Gainesville,
with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
contemplating branch from Gainesville
southeast, and with the Fort Worth and
Denver laying track into the Panhandle,
what man with money and judgment is
going to risk q road into country Gov
cred by great trunk lines? "The D.,
A. and P is the thinnest yet.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24
CONTEMPT OF COURT.
How AleaIde Smith squelched an Eloquent !
Young Mississippi Lawyer. ~

How AIcaIde Smith squelched an Eloquent
Young Mississippi Lawyer. ~
Saturday y bile Colonel j. P. Smith,
Mr.. A. T. Byers end others were running
out the lines for new depot combination
over the river in the valley just beyond
the Model dairy, an old scquaintasfe
came up and the subject droppeGsa Apon
the early history Of Fort Worth. il was
before We had anv jail here CT COurthousa
in the county. Some one suggested tHax
or great railroad moguI, Colonel Pstaf,
was once an alcalde, modest justic6aof
tie peace here il Fort Worth, which was
assented to by the Colonel, as we'll as the
following primitive method in which
Alcalde Smith punished contempt OF
court.
He was trying some Wild western rover
for taking on too much ritt8 whisky, and
tharCoy committing an aggravated
assault On q fellow bIbDisr. Squire
Smith beard the evidence, vita mis- docket
in his Iap, ard a stool for Judicial
deposit Tor his aVordupois, and IVES pro-
CeeJIDg TO WIteup mittlmUs whereby the
unfortunate would be sent to Dallas for
safe keeping, when 9 young lawyer from
Mississippi, just OUT and 'igreen from the
states," desired to know If he could not
be permitted to make g speech. He said
That his license was behind in mis- trunk,
but would be on in a few days, and ne
did not desire to miss this opportunity TO
let these people the feel effects of his
great oratorical powers,
The Squire, leaning back on his judi
cial poise for lack of back to his stool,
decided that his motion was oyer-ruled,
for the reason that the testimony was ali
in, and his Judgment was made up, and
then he was writing the nittimus.
"But," said the Mississippi Prentiss.'1
want to prosecute the pleas of the great
state of Texas, the Lone Star state, 'etc.,
with more fine words than can here be
odd. The elcalde was firm and wouldn't
lecr, saying the court had decided and
lad aIresdy heard enough.
"Then.h SAID ne man of eloquence,
do you want to know what think of this
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24

THE howl of the 6. A. R. and the
bloody shirt press over the battle flags
simply serves to show how hate rankles
in the breasts of some northern people to-
wards the south. These despicable folks
are in minority and their insane howl
ing but serves to illumine the reunion
that has taken pla ;e in this country
despite them. No one in the south
asked for the flags, and their re-
turn would have been welcomed
more as an evidence of complete
reunion than as reminders of lost
cause. But the eternal hateites prevented
the patriotic purpose of Drum, and the
bloody-shirters can bite their fingers in
rage at the utter impossibllitY of kick
ing the south out of the Union. We are
in to stay, gentlemen, and to vote the
Democratic ticket until the last vestige
of Radical hate is wiped from the earth.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24
Good Grounds for a Divoase.
Sherman Democrat.


There is q man in Denson who has
been bound up IN wedlock only I've
months who has applied for q divorce
upon the singular charge that his wife
Will not trim her toenails, which he sve->
sTe OF monstrOus size. This is 8 serious
charge, aud if the divorce is granted it
Will be lesson to young women that
they will do well to heed. Tnis poor man
says that he is SCARED from the small of MS
back to his heels by the deadly toeuaiIs Of
her, who, five months ago promised 20
honor, love and eY him. He has It
peatedly asked her TO have her tOeRails
cut, but she has turned deaf ear TO all
his entresties. We know there is nol1-
ing pleasant when g man is sleeping
peacefully, 70 have q toenai! rake him
from Genesis 70 ReYe alton, and any jury
would grant; that request Of the plain
tiff. Girls who are about TO enter
the solemn state of m2trimony should see
to it that their toensils are ciose.7
trimmed, SIS there can Dc no happiness
where the nail, which never sleeus, sc8r-
ifies at the dead hour of night when
churchyards yswn. wife who SHORES
and crashes her teeth IN her sleep Is bs0
enough, but one who has toenails like
the shoyels on a corn Cultivator is s Ter
rible fate to overtake any man.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24
TIE MEETING ON JUNE 80.
The following letter to the secretary of

luc lOllOWluS IOtLCI w OllO SSOLSUuAJ VI
the committee at Waco explains ITSELF
HOUSTON, TEN, June Is, 1857.
DEAR SIR: Your favor of June 10 received.
All roads have been authorized TO use a rate Of
cents per mile for round trip from all stations
to Fort Worth for the prohibition convention
on June so.
A similar rate has been made for Emancipa-
ton Day, tickets TO be sold on June Is and ~
and good TO June u. Yours truly,
j. WALDO, Commissioner.
This massmeeting, for it is rot
to be a convention, promises to be
the biggest gathering ever seen in Texas
on any occasion, and in behglf of the city
THE GAZETTE trusts that the committees
have ample preparations made to enter
tain the thousands who will be present.
Among the distinguished gentlemen who
have already promised to be present are,
W. S. Herndop, John M Duncan, T. r.
Bonner, John G. Robertson and others.
Fort Worth must not be caught nap
ping by these visitors. They must carry
back to their homes good report of the
Queen City.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24
CONFIDENCE IN ROSS.

The resolution sent to Governor Ross
yesterday from Fort Worth expressing
the sentiments of the people OF
this city was not intended as
suggestion to Sui Ross, but
as mark of implicit confidence in him
as G man and as a ruler. The people OF
Fort Worth know that to Sui Ross the
name and the fame of Texas are as dear
as to any man in the state, but our people
know also that sometimes the chief ex-
ecutives of republican communities
feel hsmpered by the restrictions
set about official prerogaGives; and the
people of Fort Worth forwarded this res
olution to his eXcellency;
FORT WORTH, TEX, June 20, 1881
Resolved, by the board of directors of the
Merchants and Manufacturers Bureau of
Fort Worth that, having perfect confidence IN
the wisdom and ability of Governor Ross, and
believing that the time has come when 1t Is
absolutely necessary that train robbing should
DE suppressed, we feel justified In speaking for
q membership of $50 merchants, manufacturers
and citizens of Fort Worth, and saying we Will
getic and extraordinary measure he may think
proper to adopt for the prompt suppression of
train robberies, and punishment of the guilty.
J. p. SMITH, President.
j. P. ALEXANDER, Secretary.
AS stated, this resolution was not sent
to the Governor to remind him of the
importance of suppressing train robbery,
but it was intended ss an evidence of the
supreme confidence felt in Sui Ross
by this people. They knew he
would not supinelY listen to the
news OF repeated outrsges on Texas
travel and they desired him to know that
whatever was necessary in his judgment
to put an end to such outIawry they would
endorse. Extreme emergencies require
extreme measures, and the people of Fort
Worth trust fully in the patriotism of
Sui Ross in ell that he may do to put an
end 10 train robbery.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24
THE BIC NEETING

Preparations for the big state prohibi-
ton meeting are going on rapidly. Some
idea OF the expected number Of visitors is
seen in the fact that an artesian well is
being bored on the grounds fer the use
of the crowd. Those who are in posi-
ton to know say that not less than
10000 people will be present and
some estimate the number as high as
$4,000. Great interest is being mani
tested by the Prohibitionists all over the
state, and delegations of fifty seem to be
the average representation decided on by
each prohibition organization.
Fort Worth must see to it that
those people go away from the city
with pleasant impression of 1.-THE
place where the panther lay down." 1t
has served the purpose Of some to mis-
represent Fort Worth, but here is an op-
portunity for representative men from
all sections of the state to see for them
selves this proud young metropolis. No
matter whether we agree in opinion with
these visitors or not, we should see to it
that their opinion Of Fort Worth agrees
with our own.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24
TIE BOOM IS HERE.

/ Nc man who lives in Fort Worth and
keeps mis- eyes open to what is passing
about him can doubt tlat the good time
so long in coming has come, and is now
with US to stay. The foundation Laid by
Fort Worth wisdom was broad ard the
sGperstIacture will be of grand proper
tioas. TIE far-reaching Judgment o. the
men who gave Fort Worth railroad ia
cilities until it became the railway ceEter
of the southwest and who provided g
magnificent system Of public streets and
sewerage is being justified. 1t has
been but few weeks since Fort Worth
turned its attention 20 manufacturing
enterprises and already buildings are
completed fer these, more ar in course of
erection, and yet more ere under cen
trSet. Foun0ries, tanneries, horse cellar
factories and granite roofing works ere
ali secured and some of them in opera
ton. e reminds one OF Aladdin with his
lamp, tkis marvellous execution of de-
sign ride around Fort Worth to-day
will show great buildings completed and
in course Of completion, snd others be-
gun where only few weeks ago was only
vacant ground. Other enterprises will J
follow, OF which The GAZETTE may not |
speak now. Real estate is climbing up
ward with 8 steadiness that is most graft 1
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24

The Marble Falls Manufacturing ALI
ance have recently purchased the water
power of the famous Marble Falls of
Burnett county, and a meeting of that
association will be held at that point on
July -, (nexD, where arrangements
have been made for three days encsmp-
ment on the grounds, and on that day
(July ~ will lay, with Masonic honors,
the initial monument of the Farmers
Alliance manufacturing enterprise, and
at the same time there will be a sale of
town lots of Marble Falls City.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24

fyiasg, and we'll may our people say the tide
hiss turned. Now is the time to work;
pow is the time for that supreme effort
that decides contests and assures victory.
Big live stock yards, the wool securing
works and work On the Fort Worth West
ern will put Fort Worth so fer on the
road to supremacy that no question of it
will be made by the most presumptueus.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24
A DENVER PROJECT.
1t is Believed That Natural Gas Can be
Found in E.nrge Ounntittes.

1t is Believed That Natural Gas Can be
Found in largo Quantities.
DENVER, COLn June 2I.-J. j. Thomas
& Co, of this city, have been prospecting
some land they OWE eighteen miles norm
Aof Denver Ter coal. At depth oi200 fee
they encountered some OF the black dis
monds with ! drill aud since that tn.
have, sunk tifty-six feet deeper. They
were surprised the other day or touching
a match 10 the water which flows up
through The basin 10 see it ignite. The
Chamber of Commerce who have been
talking about making 81 experiment IF
boring for gas has concluded to sid the
gentlemen in continuing the sinking Of
their well and if gas in sufiCien: quaint
ties is found it Will be piped into the city
and utilized.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24

THE day that TIE GAZETTE for
five years has labored for, hoped for,
prayed for, is here. The veritable boom
is on. Real estate is bringing prices COM
mensurate with its value, and our people
are being made rich. THE GAZETTE
congratulates its people; and the wisdom
of the men who laid the foundation for
all this shall never be forgotten.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24

FairchiId aud the Prssidad
New York Evening Post,

The awful csTsiug IN which SeFsts
Fcirchild INDUCED OH nearing the news
AZ the meeting Of Grand Army Of tas
Republic post last night in lnis city gives
4 forets5te Of The use when viii o. msdg
OF the order (tne order restoring ne Coz
ferate figs He adoe.-d lnr Coz
Almighty 10 help nina i'll ~ matter Of
killing the Preslteat VISA tao strokes %
paralysis, oae on ne hand sni the S, c.
ond on the brain, as If God Almighty hs3
not coue enCngb IN t5is line oy permit
ting the slaughter Ci 800, 600 yeuug met
in the foUc years between 1861 aud 1860.
We suggest now that Il there has to be
any further loss Of life in this quarrel
General FaiIchild should do his own
killing. If he or any other veteran
thinks the President ought to die for re-
storing the captured flags, he must not
blssphemously cal on God to slsy him,
but step up like a man and assassinate
him himself If anything could Justify
course, however, it would
be talk Ike this,
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24

cour,? I think tia" ut would not DO
to print for eyes and ears polite just whist
he did say in giving his opIaion Of the
court, but what the court did can be told:
the court deliberately arose, put aside his
docket of the foolscsp paper on the pine
table, took hold of the stool by Its leg
and knocked the eloquent Mississippisn
sprawling upon the floor. He arose, and
went cut with the speech sll gone from
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24

THE decision of the Supreme court,
affirming the cancellation of the Greer
county patents, must be pleasant reading
to Mr.. John Ireland and Mr.. William
Walsh. General Templeton
ought to write these gentlemen letter of
coincidence, as he can now afford to be
maUnanimOus
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24

GOVERNOR Ross action for the en-
torcement Of law will meet the approval
of the people. Texas cannot afford to
indulge the luxury of train robbery. 81.
S. Ross" signature to proclamation
for the suppression of crime means that
crime will be suppressed.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24

There are some people in this country
who are not satisfied win the name the
United States of America, and want 20
change it TO some such name as Cabot,
Hesperia, Appalachian, Ailegania, or
ViDeIaud
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24
VI. Halstead, Lunatic.
Chico go Herald,

Here's NJ. Hslstead on the war path be-
cause somebody proposes 10 get rid ofthe
rebel flags 10 Washington, when this sane
lunatic prophesied in 1884 that If the
Democrats elected their ticieenthey would
run up rebel flags on ali the buildings, ID
Washington.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24

"There is big money in raising mules
If properly managed" said prominent
stockman to the Live Stock reporter.
ga great many fine jacks have been sold
in Fort Worth this season, and the home
crop of mules will be on the increase
henceforth.D
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24

Z The ambitious politician has resorted
to almost every known device to secure
office, but General Fairchild is the first
man who ever attempted to curse himself
into the presidency of the United States.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24

EMPLOYMENT for 200 or 300 people will
be provided by the enterprises to be con-
Quoted in the buildings which have been
erected in the last few months. In hoe
,siyno yipces,
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24
Presidential Preferences.

The ST. Paul Globe has just completed
q caAvass for presidential preferences Of
leading editors and politicians of bot1
parties in the Northwest, which includes
Minnesota, Dakota Wisconsin, Iowa and
Montana. The result is shown in the
following figures:
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24
A Grand Entertainment.
Dawson Sentinel.

1t is estimsted that $4,000 people viii
attend the state gathering Of Prohibition
lists ct Fort Worth the SothS inst. The
Fort is extensively arranging grand en-
tertainment for the guests. TO state
that the meeting is TO be held in Fort
Worth is sufficient. The Fort's repuls-
ton for liberia hospitality is xrorld re-
uoWned.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24
Sorghum and sugar MACHINERY.

We are IN receipt OF the catalogue OF
the BlYmyer ivan Works Co., msuuf4C-
turers Of the celeaSsjed Victor, Niles snd
Great Western Css# mills, Cook evsporg-
tors, etc. PdrEfts in swant of sorghum or
sugsr m8chi9sTy, wiTf5dp well TO write
for g copy of 8he catalogues
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24

Now give us straight. roads, Messrs.
Commissioners. Town and county need
these in their business.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24
@eek1n 6axette.
Published Every Friday
BY THE
DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING co

ANYBODY visiting Fort Worth on jane
so will conclude that this is a great sea-
son forpeople.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24

FORT WORTH will reach over and pluck
the Farmers Alliance State Cotton Ex-
chsnee as soon as it Is ripe.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24
For Ricketts,, Marasmus, and Wasting Ola

fifth : Hspophosphites SIS nEeg1alied. The
rapidBy with which c5sildfen gain flesh and
strenefR upon ists versFoud eIfuI Bead the
casfspf Riakss and Alef7Esmus OF s5ng ant.
ings 4Dd hayeBeen upf thap Tsseseed with fii
results. ND IA -eytfy case the % proYsz4snt
was markea ."-fJfsM. Main, NJ. D,s HeiSh yof k.H
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24

Dyspepsia in lis worst forms will yield
10 tie use ofGartert Little Nerve PiHs.
aide# by Csster's Isle Liya6fills. Dog,
ono 81 sasls after. sssi.zings +
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24
A Word of Caution.

When fever is prevailing it is well to
clesPse @e blood, aFegalste gthe liver
pq5ge Agay bic and gsmove tsGal mater
from CD stomach Nth MagShe's .sssn-
dara9g e,ssh ngemeft ofthes5Sary
secFetions predisDoses to attacks 9fthis
disease. ~
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-15
H.. rhere. Everywhere.

a Ccna..u brewery is TO be established
In Japan
New York state has offered prizes for
six plans Of school buildings Of different,
sizes.
4 piano that had seen service for over
100 years, an1 had music in it stili'
Gr,chnd but Fl a; an auction the other day
.: Ec4dinS, Pa.
Tlr Iowa supreme court, IN the case Of /,
. ...,t 81. Hall has d,cided that barber
'..ar r fuse t. shave any customer, and
that ia 80 refusing he need not aneGe o
reason. =
Portions Of Iowa have been flooded
with counterfeit dollars made Of cast iron
hc ..iv plated with silver. Ordinary acids
fa. 10 affect theal and they can only be
detected by their ring.
y company J. been formed in Buenos
Ayrc, for working the petroleum deposit
recently di5cOvercd near the city Of Men,
doza. Tie Argentine Republic has hitherto
obtained the bulk Of its petroleum from
the United States.
The Iarnev Peak company of Dead
" ood expects to ship about $4,000 pounds
Of sample tin ore to England in order to
show the ''IIengIish'' what quality ct
ore "Tamerican' mincs produce.
"OId Sorrel, j." Stonewall Jackson's fa-
nous war horse, has been stuffed by
Washington taxlernist, and will be pre-
served BY the veterans of the Robert E.
Lee camp, at Richmond, in memory Of
the greet commander.
There WIS recently incarcerated in the
Santa Rosa jaii "a youthful desperate of
Il summers. whose fond mother, to re-
lievc the te,liuIn of his prison life, sent
him a Bible, bunch Of cigarettes,
pi ice of sausage and copy Of The Police
Gazette.
The Santa Cruz Surf tells of an i'm
mense sea turtle winch was caught near
Capitola the other day. 1t measured
eight feet from the tip of its nose to tho
tip OF its tail and its weight is guessed by
a local guesser TO lie about 1000 pounds.
A Belmont county (O) farmer re-
ioices in a heteroge neOus collection Of
freaks, consisting of a pig whose feet are
split SO as to give it the appearance Of
having toes. another with three cars, a
cat with one ear growing wrong side out,
and boy with tiGee thumbs.
\ Young owl came flying over the
buildings on Grant avenue, in Garden
Git. Kan. the other morning, and flew
straight as an arrow at a man standing
on the corner. When the bird reached
him the man threw up his hands sud-
denly and caught it az he would ball.
\ PittsburG r.per describes new tele-
phone on exhibition ii that city that does
away with the necessity Of speaking. \
sensitive Hat" presses against the larynx
and gland, Of tin neck and as the jaws
are moved III conversation the motion
sends the words along the wire as dis
tinctly as the telephone now in use. =
Two well dig-ers in Washington town
ship, Ia. found ut IA depth of fourteen
feet hickory nuts we'll preserved, and as
they dug down collected about half a
bushel. Then they came upon a log IF
wood and pair of deer's horns, which
were soft. but soon hardened. The well
was dug in tiIn0ered country, but there
is not a hickory tree in the county.